Oxalis bowiei

Bowie's wood-sorrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Oxalidales
Family:Oxalidaceae
Genus:Oxalis
Species: O. bowiei
Binomial name
Oxalis bowiei

Oxalis bowiei, Bowie's wood-sorrel,[1] red-flower woodsorrel,[2] or Cape shamrock, is a plant from the genus Oxalis, which is native to what was Cape Province and Natal in South Africa. It has also been naturalized in Australia.[1]

Its flowering stems may be a foot or more in height and are produced continuously for a considerable length of time during summer.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Oxalis bowiei". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  2. ↑ "Oxalis bowiei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Oxalis bowieana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 December 2007.


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